Each component has separate hitpoints, but only the body hitpoints can be upgraded. However, as you can see from the above, upgrading the body hitpoints will also upgrade all the other components' hitpoints as well.

I have a patch to let you modify every component's hitpoints from scripts (and hence researches), but that would really screw with the hitpoints calculation in one way or another.

but this would reduce the hitpoints of many upgraded droids by quite a lot, since some weapons/systems have a lot of hitpoints, and would remain un-upgraded.

Adding separate upgrade effects for each component to each armour upgrade would be rather nasty, as we would need to classify weapons to filter for cyborg vs droid, and then have one effect for each of the components for each upgrade. But maybe worth it?

Per wrote:Adding separate upgrade effects for each component to each armour upgrade would be rather nasty, as we would need to classify weapons to filter for cyborg vs droid, and then have one effect for each of the components for each upgrade. But maybe worth it?

It would need to be like rocket attack on a borg is barely affective and this is how the upgrade should be a separate entity if you don’t research it etc.
I suggest making all components count separately!

how it goes now each weapon cyborg is attack with has different effect as it is now or should be.

I guess this is body + weapon without propulsion? Or does the propulsion's hitpoint multiplier that's also mentioned in the other part of the formula go here as well but additively? Or does propulsion have separate base hitpoints together with hitpoint multiplier?

I guess this is body + weapon without propulsion? Or does the propulsion's hitpoint multiplier that's also mentioned in the other part of the formula go here as well but additively? Or does propulsion have separate base hitpoints together with hitpoint multiplier?

Propulsion is not counted in the other sums, it is just used as a % value of the body. Sorry it was not clear. Edited my original post for clarity.

Each component now has two base hitpoint stats, 'hitpoints' and 'hitpoint percentage'. The latter increases the hitpoints of the whole droid. Each can be upgraded through the scripts. The old "body points" has been renamed to "hitpoints" throughout the stats code, to match JSON stats.

Propulsions also have a new 'hitpoint percentage of body' stat, to emulate the current strange calculation, where propulsions are a percentage of the body hitpoints, without preventing scripts from setting hitpoints directly.

Tiny balance change: The brain component can be upgraded to increase hitpoints from this component by 20%. This is mostly an example of how the new system can be used - commanders are still useless.